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Compensation for damaged mangroves sought
Over ₱6.5 million in compensation is being sought for the damage of mangrove plantations by oil spilled from passenger ship, M/V Thomas Aquinas, which sunk off the coast of Cordova last Friday evening. To recall, the ...
- August 23, 2013
Fisherfolks' ₱1.5-M income loss bewailed
Even while families of missing passenger of ill-fated MV Thomas Aquinas continue to hope against hope that their kinfolk would still be found alive, fisherfolk here are lamenting their loss of livelihood due to oil spilled ...
- August 22, 2013
Cavite SP sets oil spill probe
The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) or Provincial Board will conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the oil spill which adversely affected the waters off the towns of Rosario, Tanza, Naic, Ternate, as well as a remote ...
- August 16, 2013
Oil spill hits Ilocos shoreline
Local residents in the coastal areas of nine towns and two cities in Ilocos Sur and La Union are presently conducting a massive clean-up of their shorelines following the sudden occurrence of oil spill last Monday here. ...
- February 27, 2013
State of calamity declared in La Union over oil spill
The provincial board here has declared La Union under a state of calamity over the damage wrought on its coastline by the oil spill from "M/V Harita Bauxiote" which capsized last February 16 off Bolinao, Pangasinan. ...
- March 2, 2013
Oil spill affects 31 Barangays, 300-Square-km of Manila Bay
Half-a-million liters of diesel that leaked from a submarine pipeline, or a tanker moored off the coast have covered a 300-square kilometer area of Manila Bay, affecting 31 Barangays in the towns of rosario, Naic Tanza, ...
- August 11, 2013
Pasig River Oil Spill Prompts Call for Residents' Evacuation
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) moved yesterday to contain the bunker fuel that leaked in the waters of the Pasig River, prompting authorities to advise residents of Pandacan and Sta. Ana in Manila to temporarily vacate ...
- June 24, 2013
Oil spill hampering retrieval operations
The retrieval operations for the remaining passengers of the ill-fated M/V St. Thomas Aquinas off Talisay City in Cebu is getting more the sunken vessel is affecting the breathing apparatus of the divers. But Lt. Jim Alagao, ...
- August 23, 2013
Clean-up Result
The waters of this coastal town, also called Salinas, is now 95 percent oil spill free, and that the slick-struck fishing villages are getting back on their feet with the development, the municipal government said Wednesday. ...
- August 15, 2013
BFAR earmarks ₱1.7B for Cordova
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has earmarked ₱1.7 billion for the residents of Cordova, Cebu who were severely affected by the oil spill caused by the sinking of "M/V St. Thomas Aquinas" two weeks ...
- August 31, 2013